AlenkaF commented on code in PR #40313:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/40313#discussion_r1522653292
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docs/source/python/data.rst:
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@@ -230,6 +230,28 @@ like lists:
nested_arr = pa.array([[], None, [1, 2], [None, 1]])
print(nested_arr.type)
+ListView arrays
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``pyarrow.array`` can create an alternate list type called ListView:
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+ nested_arr = pa.array([[], None, [1, 2], [None, 1]],
type=pa.list_view(pa.int64()))
+ print(nested_arr.type)
+
+ListView arrays have a different set of buffers than List arrays. The ListView
array
+has both an offsets and sizes buffer, while a List array only has an offsets
buffer.
+This allows for ListView arrays to specify out-of-order offsets:
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